Welcome to McKee Ranch - Home of Futurity Champions
 

The McKee Ranch is located in the beautiful bluestem prairie grass country of Northeast Oklahoma and is home of PBR television commentator, Justin McKee, his wife Jeannie, and their daughter Kassidy.

The McKee's have a registered herd of bucking bred cows that have produced futurity champions, top Classic bulls (3-4 year old derby competition bulls) and bulls seen on the PBR's nationally televised Built Ford Tough Series. The bucking bull breeding business continues to grow along side the popularity rise of the PBR. The future is still very bright and many new people are joining in everyday on the quest to find the next futurity or PBR superstar.

Many owners have said that watching one of their bulls buck provides nearly the same adrenaline rush as actually getting on a bull without near the risk. Justin says, "the excitement is intense and those who have tried it are hooked for life." Along with the excitement is the lure of investment opportunities. According to the PBR and the ABBI, the top Classic bull could win a million dollars within the next few years.

In 2007 one bull raised on the McKee Ranch stood out among all the futurity bulls in the bucking bull industry. He was DeJa Blue the $100,000 winner of the 2007 ABBI World Champion Futurity. DeJa Blue is now owned by Tom Teague and Tommy Lasorda. It was DeJa Blue and other great futurity bulls that won Justin McKee the 2007 ABBI Horizon Breeder of the Year Award.

The McKee's sell all their yearling bulls as futurity prospects and also sell replacement heifers. Here are just a few:

• Futurity champions raised on the McKee Ranch are:
  Splat Kat (owned by Danny Lemons) - Mo Betta Futurity Champion, 2 derby wins, 1 Classic win. Top riders have scored 89 and 90.25 on Built Ford Tough Series.
  911 Candyman II (owned by Tommy Whitehead, Jeff Tilley, Keith Stricklad) - 2006 NBBA Regular Seson Derby Champion
  912 Turbo (Whitehead, Tilly, Strickland) - 2004 Mo Betta Futurity Champion.
  20 Waspy (Whithead, Tilly, Stickland) - 2006 Dixieland Futurity Champion at Tunica. Check out the pics of these 3 bulls at www.jtbuckingbulls.com
  
• Other notable bullls:
  Blueberry Buckle (owned by Cody Whitney) - 2007 bucked off Brian Canter at OKC and Colby Yates at New Orleans.
  Coyote Homely (owned by Ike Sankey) - Kody Lostroh won a round at Billings Built Ford Tough in 2006.
  42 Rocky Rampage (owned by Tony Mendes) - top 10 at 2006 Reno ABBI Classic.

Justin and Jeannie both agree it's not about how many calves they sell or how many of their bulls get on TV, it's about the wonderful people they've met along the way.

If you would like to get involved in the exciting bucking bull business, send us an e-mail.us at jmckeeranch@yahoo.com

(Photo DeJa Blue courtesy of Allan Glanville. Click on image to enlarge.)